Alice Moore

ALICE FRANCES MOORE

Washington

Alice Frances Moore, 100, of Washington, Iowa, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at Halcyon House in Washington. Graveside services will be held Monday, Jan. 4, at Elm Grove Cemetery with Father Bernie Weir officiating. With consideration for public safety during the current pandemic, this will be primarily for close family. A memorial Mass will be held at St. James Church at a later date. Memorials have been established for the Good Samaritan Fund at Halcyon House. Jones & Eden Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent for Alice's family through the web at www.jonesfh.com.

Alice was born Nov. 4, 1920, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Henry J. and Alice Amelia (Bjork) Kiene. Alice attended school in Ainsworth, Iowa. She and a girlfriend followed boyfriends to Colorado in 1942, where she was united in marriage to Garold Wehr on Jan. 1, 1943. Garold was killed in action on Sept. 22, 1944, and buried in France. She later married Loren Eugene Moore on Oct. 28, 1948, in Washington, Iowa.

Alice was a life-long resident of Washington County. She was a nanny for a local doctor in Washington for a couple years. She worked as a sales clerk at Mason Hardware for many years. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, St. Rita's Circle, Catholic Daughters and was an active member of Y Women. She was a 4-H and Bluebird leader and loved crafts, sewing, crocheting, gardening, and games, especially playing cards. Alice and Loren retired to Halcyon House in 2005 and Alice continued there on her own after Loren's death in 2012. She celebrated her 100th birthday in November 2020 with her family from Iowa. At this party, she shared and reminisced about her years growing up on farms near Ainsworth and Crawfordsville.

She is survived by her son, Larry Wehr (Pamela) of Boise, Idaho; daughter, Linda Helling (John) of Harlan, Iowa; son, Kelvin Moore (Sara) of Centennial, Colo.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Ernest Kiene of Oak Park Heights, Minn., and Joseph Kiene of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Garold and Loren; and three brothers, Elmer, Wilbur and Charles Kiene.